Htest Laboratory tests helmets, visors, protective headgear and playground safety surfaces.
Our well-qualified and experienced staff, including several IANZ Approved Signatories, test helmets, headgear and related products to a wide range of national and international standards and regulations. Htest also performs many non-standard and special tests.
Accurate test results are critical for health and safety. Htest has no affiliation to any manufacturer or supplier so clients are assured of unbiased testing and complete confidentiality.
Types of Helmet Products:
Htest performs a broad range of mechanical tests to evaluate the product under test. These products include:
- All terrain vehicle
- Bicycle
- Bushfire fighting
- Canoeing and rafting
- Cricket
- Equestrian
- Fire fighting
| - Industrial
- Motorcycle
- Pedal cycle
- Pilot
- Rescue
- Rugby headgear
- Surfing.
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Types of Tests:Htest performs a huge range of mechanical tests to evaluate the item under test. These tests include:
- Dynamic retention system strength
- Dynamic stability
- Flammability
- Force transmission
- Head injury criteria
- Helmet stiffness
- High voltage electrical resistance
- Impact energy attentuation
- Lateral clearance
- Lateral rigidity
- Liner density
- Load distribution
- Mass
| - Peripheral vision
- Resistance to hot solids
- Resistance to penetration
- Resistance to radiant heat
- Resistance to solvents
- Severity index
- Shock absorption
- Static retention system strength
- Static stability
- UV conditioning
- Vertical clearance
- Wearing height.
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Visor Testing:Htest has constructed a specialised test facility utilising laser technologies to perform testing under AS 1609-1981 “Eye Protectors For Motor Cyclists and Racing Car Drivers” including amendment number 1. To evaluate these products, tests include:
- Visual quality
- Flame propagation
- Protection against corrosion
- Protection against skin irritation
- Strength of eye protection
- Static field of vision
- Method of attachment of visors
| - Stability at elevated and lowered temperatures
- Mechanical strength
- Luminous transmittance and colouristaion of visors and eye shields
- Refractive power of lenses
- Prismatic power of lenses.
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